Aaron's 499 2013 Results: Reaction, Leaders and Post Race Analysis

David Ragan won a bizarre Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, crossing the finish line nearly seven hours after the green flag first waved.

Sunday's race had it all, including a nearly four-hour-long rain delay that threatened to shorten the race. There were two huge wrecks, one early and one late, setting up a memorable finish that saw the underdog Ragan outlast David Gilliland, Carl Edwards, Michael Waltrip and Jimmie Johnson to win.

It definitely didn't take long at all for the big one to rear its ugly head on Sunday. A number of cars were taken out early on, including a few contenders when a pile up occurred following contact betweenKyle Busch and Kasey Kahne.

#NASCAR … Incident started with contact between Kyle and Kahne at the front of the pack.

Brian Vickers, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick were some of the notable contenders taken out in the monster wreck.

After a lengthy cleanup, the green flag waved once again at Talladega as the drivers raced furiously to get to the front knowing that rain was in the forecast. Sure enough, after more than half of the laps had been completed, rain drops brought out the caution flag.

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After running a few caution laps to help dry the track, racing continued with just over 50 laps to go. Most were expecting a wild finish and another multi-car pile up perhaps, but instead the final third of Sunday's race featured drama in the form of some late pit stops under green.

Then, with 15 laps to go, Michael McDowell struck the wall and brought out a caution, bringing the pack closer together for a thrilling restart with 11 laps to go.

As expected, with just a few laps left to race, the big one happened again, as multiple cars got into each other, including Kurt Busch, who's car rolled over.

'I am doing this interview to let everybody know I'm all right,' Newman said. 'They can build safer racecars, they can build safer walls, but they can't get their heads out of their asses far enough to keep them on the racetrack, and that's pretty disappointing.

I wanted to make sure I get that point across. Y'all can figure out who 'they' is. That's no way to end a race. Our car was much better than that. That's just poor judgment in restarting the race, poor judgment. I mean, you got what you wanted, but poor judgment and running in the dark and running in the rain.'

After a few more caution laps, NASCAR decided on a green-white-checkered finish, and it was David Ragan outlasting a field of favorites to pull off the shocking upset in Alabama.

While a number of big-time favorites ran poorly on Sunday, a lot of it had to do with the unpredictability of Talladega. The big one struck not once, but twice this weekend, making survival that much more difficult.

It's hard to hand out blame in a seven-hour race that featured rain, wrecks, darkness and a momentum-killing delay.

Some will be pointing their finger at NASCAR for allowing the race to go on in the rain and into the night, but kudos to Ragan and drivers like Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth, who ran well all day and turned out strong finishes despite Sunday's Sprint Cup race turning into a marathon.